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• Why TabControl.SelectedContent != (TabControl.SelectedItem as TabItem).Content ?

  - by CannibalSmith

  The following sample shouldn't beep (in my opinion) but it does. Why? Does that mean the SelectedContent property is useless? Is it a bug in WPF? <TabControl SelectionChanged="TabControl_SelectionChanged"> <TabItem Header="Tab 1"> <Grid/> </TabItem> <TabItem Header="Tab 2"> <Grid/> </TabItem> </TabControl>   void TabControl_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e) { var t = sender as TabControl; if (t.SelectedContent != (t.SelectedItem as TabItem).Content) Console.Beep(); }

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• Should a managed class that wraps a DirectSound interface be IDisposable?

  - by CannibalSmith

  I'm writing a managed wrapper around DirectSound. (It's a simple partial wrapper that solves my specific problem and nothing more. Don't tell me about NAudio or whatever.) Should a managed class that wraps IDirectSound8 be IDisposable and why? Same question about IDirectSoundBuffer8.

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• In Windows, should I use CreateFile or fopen, portability aside?

  - by CannibalSmith

  What are the differences, and in what cases one or the other would prove superior in some way?

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• How to group consecutive similar items of a collection?

  - by CannibalSmith

  Consider the following collection. True False False False True True False False I want to display it in a structured way, say, in a TreeView. I want to be able to draw borders around entire groups and such. True Group True False Group False False False True Group True True False Group False False How do I accomplish this with as little procedural code as possible?

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• How to implement a TypeConverter for a type and property I don't own?

  - by CannibalSmith

  This is annoying: <GeometryDrawing> <GeometryDrawing.Pen> <Pen Brush="Black"/> </GeometryDrawing.Pen> </GeometryDrawing> I want this: <GeometryDrawing Pen="Black"/> So I write a TypeConverter: public class PenConverter : TypeConverter { static readonly BrushConverter brushConverter = new BrushConverter(); public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType) { if (sourceType == typeof(string)) return true; return base.CanConvertFrom(context, sourceType); } public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value) { var s = value as string; if (a != null) { var brush = brushConverter.ConvertFromInvariantString(s) as Brush; return new Pen(brush, 1); } return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value); } } Now, how do I link it up with the Pen type? I can't just add a TypeConverterAttribute to it as I don't own it (nor do I own GeometryDrawing.Pen property).

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• What's a good xmlns alias for the WpfApplication1.Properties namespace?

  - by CannibalSmith

  I know I can call it whatever, but just like there is a convention for project's namespace (xmlns:local), is there a good name I could call the Properties namespace so that any coder could walk up to my code and instantly recognize it? Currently, I use xmlns:Properties, but that's too long in my opinion.

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• Why do ZeroMemory, etc. exist when there are memset, etc. already?

  - by CannibalSmith

  Why does ZeroMemory, and similar calls exist in the Windows API when there are memset and related calls in the C standard library already? Which ones should I call? I can guess the answer is "depends". On what?

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• Is it possible to get a pointer to String^'s internal array in C++/CLI?

  - by CannibalSmith

  The goal is to avoid copying the string data when I need a const wchar_t*. The answer seems to be yes, but the function PtrToStringChars doesn't have its own MSDN entry (it's only mentioned in the KB and blogs as a trick). That made me suspicious and I want to check with you guys. Is it safe to use that function?

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• How can I see the C/C++ #include graph easily?

  - by CannibalSmith

  I'm looking for a tool (preferably, a Visual Studio plugin) that would display all files included by a given file and show all files included by those files and so on.

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• What's are the best readings to start using WPF instead of WinForms?

  - by Ivan

  Keeping in mind what CannibalSmith once said - "All the answers are saying "WPF is different". That's a huge understatement. You not only have to learn lots of new stuff - you must forget everything you've learned from Forms. It's a completely new way of doing UI." .. and having many years of experience with visual Windows desktop applications development (VB6, Borland C++ Builder VCL, WinForms) (which is hard to forget), how do I quickly move to developing to say well-formed WPF applications with Visual Studio? I don't need boozy-woozy graphics to give my app look and feel of a Hollywood blockbuster or a million dollar pyjamas. I always loved tidiness of standard Windows common controls and UI design guidelines, end even more I enjoyed them under Vista Glass Aero Graphite sauce. I am perfectly satisfied with WinForms but I want to my applications to be built of the most efficient and up-to-date standard technologies and architectured according to the most efficient and flexible patterns of today and tomorrow, leveraging interface-based integration and functionality reuse and to take all advantages of modern hardware and APIs to maximize performance, usability, reliability, maintainability, extensibility, etc. I very much like the idea of separating view, logic and data, letting a view to take all advantages of the platform (may it run as a web browser applet on a thin client or as a desktop application on a PC with a latest GPU), letting logic be reused, parallelized and seamlessly evolve, storing data in a well structured format in a right place. But... while moving from VB6 to Borland C++ Builder was very easy (no books/tutorials needed to turn it on and start working) (assuming I already knew C++), moving from BCB to WinForms was the same seamless, it does not seem any obvious to me how to do with WPF. So how do I best convert myself from a WinForms developer into a right-way thinking and doing WPF developer?

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